Cotton-picker.



P. P. HARING.

. coTToN PICKER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1913.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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P. P. HARING. COTTON PICKER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. E, 1913.` v

' f Iatented Mar. 28. 1916.-

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, to be engaged hy a cam crlocking member ,31 fixed on the shafts 19. These parts may be similar to those shown at'O--l Fig. 7 of my Patent 796421, rhg. 8,1905 and form no lpart of my prese t invention.

I In order to hold the gears 27 in engage. ment `with the rack 2S, I provide' a guard rail or track' fixed on thevframe, Which's engaged onits outer side by a roller 33 fixed on the shaft/'19, there being one of these rollers on each shaft., This track `32'W1l1 keep the gearsQT in meshwith the racks 28.

- Xo suchguard rail is needed in respect *to A, s; n .the rack- 29 because this'is'on the outer side of the gear 27. o y The picker arms, as shownin Figs. 5 and S 6, are cylindrical-in crosswsection a' d klare Composed'of an upper' and a lower. sectlon f 33,534, Whiclvsectionsare secured to thev` y y'portions ahove these shoulders fit ih sockets '.JJVJ'in cones I suitably mountedin th'efshell, ofthe picker arm andpreferablythe'head cap-piece andy an interior bearing 36,y and itsbeveled gears 'are so located 1n `respect -Ito-the gears ofthe icker fingers that,`f or inngers aand `b, shown `in j Fig. 5 willrotate toivard the right ,vhile'the.l picker fingers c and rl will rotate ,towardy v stance the picker theleft in the direction 'of thearroivs'. l, The

*threading 'of the' Shanks 2.51ct the picker fingers isof course, `inEsuc/h direction that there will he no tendency for the gearsto 'workoff' of the'threaded sh/anks under the strain offtwisting the cotton from the plant.'

slowly rotated to' r.ar1ryv its picker fingers over aivi'der field of operation. he picker fingers are shouldered vat BQand the head of'f'the .picker spindle' isf'ahouft flush with the outer surface of the cone. f The pur# f pose of this construction is to more,l readiiy dsa f due tothe reverse rotationof the` picker.

disclmrge vthe cotton. ,l

In order to collectv the "cotton as it Adrops vfrom thepicker fingers, 'which dropping is `ngers when :theyare rotated throllghen chinex oneach side of the plant pathivay,

` elevator, consists of an endless carrifer 42 passing around an upper-v roll 43 and Agahout guide rolls'c and ythencehorizon'taty to-y y Ward'therearaid about a guide roller 45,

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' :the endless carrifr' being inclo'sed in a [Casin 4:6. i This endless-carrier. as shown in?l detail in Fig. il, consists loi" ,sprocket chains to ivhrch areggttached' plates'or crosspieces 51,-

they picker arms'for rotatin preferablyof( thin channeled metal, every of teeth or projections 53, adapted vtoengage the cotton andelevate it. Theelevator is driven' inthe direction of the arrow, `Fig.

one of the'vertical shafts 8. The shaft 57 is driven `from Athe lcarrying wheels through the sprocket wheels` and chain 59, 59, 60,l

other platehaving strucktherefrom a series and said shaft'I has'fixed thereto the gear 61 meshing with gearl 58,;by which. mechanismithe vertical shaftrzB is drivento cause slatsgwith their picker arms, and hyv gear' i 6:2-, there being onefo'f-.these receptacles on leach side of themachine. Suitable clutches` are placedv at' Vinthe shaft 5.7 so that one carrierwheel `-may-"rotate in advance of the other in vturnlng, the clutches being yield'- able automatically; f

Iclaimas my mventionz v1.I In combination ina cottonfpi chains of slats carrying picker arms', each slathaving a, vertical shaft `with gearing 4 v thereon, picker spindles mounted '1 on the The picker arms may either bel fixedto thev slate or they may he mounted to Arotatewin, their hearings on the slats, as 'shown in'lFig.- 4, nrwjhich a gear 3T is attached tothe shell' of thepicker arm and is engaged by a gear .38 on the vertical shaft within `the Slat,J by which `construction. the vpic-"ker arm isy arm and driven from the'said gearing, a

gear on the yshaft of.each`slat, a.l` fixed rack meshing with the gear'onits'inner side adjacent the vpathwayfor they plant', vka; fired rackto mesh withsaid gears on their outer 'side for reversingfthe .pickerv spindles and discharging ,the cotton.rollers on the verticaly shatsand a guard railLon theonnosite ker," the` n c2;Ifcombinati'n y:ith theitraveling slats," y

, y'picker arms mounted to rotate in bearings on said slats, vertical shafts carried .byl the slats', ygearing between the vertical shafts and f them, picker fingers mounted 'on the `pic ery arms and i V:

-gngfaring between the picker fingers and the j vert1cal yshafts foron'erating said fingers,

-suhstantiallyas described. A l

3. Incombination'in a. cotton picking'u Vmachine', `a picker arm, a picker linger `hav-vyv ing a screw threadedshank," a. gear screw j' threaded onto .saldl shanklxand means for` operating the gear, 6substantilallyy as described.r i Y n j 4. 4. In combination a picker arm, cones in the plcker armhavlng each an 'opening exv tending therethrough witha counterbore at.

the outerend ofsaid opening, picker fingers mounted on. a headseated'.l in said counter#y` bore, said fingers having 'cach a shanlcexy tending through the l cone and a gearaongthei irao` 8C .v the traveling ,movement'ofl the chain of inner end of said shank, substantially as de-` `.l5 upwardly extending pro]ections, vertical slats each having a pair of laterally extending ears, one ear of each pair being near the upper portion of the slats and reaching over the upper carrier chain and the other ear l0 of each pair being located near the lower Portion of its slat and reaching over the ower chain, said ears having openings'to fit down over the projections to hold the slats to the chains and to permit their disengagement from both chains by lifting 1s them, picker arms carried by the slats, 4picker fingers' on the arms, and means for operating the picker fingers, the said slats lying and moving in a. path out beyond Ythe circuit of the carrier chains, substantially as described. zo In testimony whereof, l aix my signature is presence of two witnesses.

PETER PAUL HARlNG. Witnesses A. R. FRANKE, -H. B. CAMPBELL. 

